Today we celebrated Kaitlyn's birthday by having a pool party, complete with cupcakes! (Emmy's favorite! Yum!) Emily has absolutely no fear of the water - she runs to water, climbs in and gets mad when she is restrained in a float. Let's just say Mommy is putting her in swim lessons as soon as possible! Here are a few fun pictures from our day at the pool. 
This evening Emily did the sweetest thing! I am warning you, your heart will simply melt! Aiden was very upset in his car seat and Emily reached over and held his hand while saying "Bubba Bubba"! (I will take this time to mention that this was the first time she called him Bubba, too!) He stopped crying at the comfort of his loving, big sister and she continued to comfort him until we reached our destination. My heart was over flowing with pride for my baby girl who is starting to show so much compassion for her brother. I hope you enjoy the pictures I was able to take of this special moment! I love my widdle Woyds!
This past Tuesday I took Aiden to a pediatric opthamologist to have his eyes examined. Here is a quick run down of why we went and what he said during our visit.
Why we went to the opthamologist:
This is what we now know after visiting the opthamologist:
With all of these positives, the doctor was unsure of what was going on with Aiden's eyes. Our next step is that we have to take him for a MRI down at Texas Children's Hospital. The MRI will look for things that need to be addressed by a neurosurgeon as well as look at the myelin sheaths to see if they are under developed at this point. If the answer is the myelin sheaths, there is nothing we can do but wait for them to develop on their own.
However, in the last few days, his vision is really seeming to improve by leaps and bounds! Even his physical therapist said he was finding the mid line and tracking 100x better than last week! This really makes me hopeful that his problem is related to the myelin sheaths. The therapist also thinks that this is the answer. Please pray that Aiden's vision continues to improve and that it is nothing very serious.
Emily LOVES to hug on her little brother and play with him. It is so cute to watch them together! The other day I was able to capture this video of Emmy talking and playing with Aiden while he was in his Boppy. I can't help but smile when I watch it. I hope you will enjoy it, also! (Make sure your volume is turned up so you can hear her 'talking' to him...and when she screams, that means she is really excited, not mad!)
The pediatrician just came by and said we could go home today! YAY! We are so excited! We will still need to watch his fluid intake and output (pee) to make sure he continues to stay hydrated but he has definitely started to feel better. Not sure when exactly we will be discharged but the process has begun! Thanks again for all the prayers!!!
Mason came up to visit Aiden. It was the first time he had ever seen him!
The Junior Volunteers brought Aiden a rubber ducky that looked like a tiger. He loved it!
As soon as this little fellow is feeling better he is getting a hair cut! But he is still oh so adorable!
Grandma Lloyd was helping Aiden feel better when he was having some stomach cramps.
Things were looking so good this morning. After speaking to the surgeon and a pediatrician, it looked like we would be able to take him home around 5 pm and monitor him from there. He had kept down 4 oz of formula from a 7 am feeding, and then around 10 he started projectile vomiting again. We cleaned him all up (and mommy) and he immediately fell asleep for a short nap. When he woke up around 11 he looked so lonely in his crib so I went to cuddle him. We were cuddling on the couch and he threw up a little more. It was not much at all but I told Jon to have the nurses document it. As he was going out to talk to the nurses, Aiden began throwing up more and started choking then stopped breathing. His little body was going so stiff and arching in my arms as he was fighting to take a breath. I started screaming for help and soon 5 nurses were in here taking him from us to suction the throw up out and get him breathing again. So scary! Right now he is on a machine that is monitoring his oxygen levels for about 30 minutes. I am not sure what happens next. Jon and I are so shaken up right now. I know he is going to be ok, but I just wish it would happen soon! I know this goes without saying, but PLEASE keep Aiden in your prayers.
This morning we started Aiden back on half strength formula and he has managed to keep it all down, although he still has his diarrhea. I have requested that a pediatric doctor come by to examine him, but they have to get permission from the surgeon. They are about to have one angry momma unleash on them. With 4 days of throwing up and diarrhea, they have yet to do any blood work or check him out to see what is going on. They are just assuming it is a bug. Since he came to the hospital under the diagnosis of an abscess, that seems to be their only concern. So frustrating! Around 2 this afternoon the nurse came in to see why Aiden was so fussy and realized that his arm was extremely puffy and swollen from the IV. She said it was caused from the IV leaving the vein. The IV was removed and now he is being watched for a few hours to see if it needs to be put back in another location. I am praying that my baby gets better soon so we can leave this place.
We did get the cultures back from Aiden's surgery and he did not have staph. It came back positive as 'graham negative rod'. This was described to us as an infection in the anal column. Don't ask us what this mean, because we don't know. :)
Aiden did so well today taking the formula that was mixed with water. Around 6:00 pm he had his first bottle of all formula. He only took 2 oz and we could hear him make some gagging noises, but the formula stayed down. At his next feeding, he only took 1 oz and about an hour and a half later it all came up...the 1 oz plus some from the previous feeding. So, now we are back on pedialyte! Please continue to pray for Aiden - that he will be able to rid himself of this virus so we can go home with a healthy baby boy...soon!
The nurse just came by and said that she doubts we will be discharged until tomorrow morning around 10. She did mention the doctor could aways change the orders but that it did not look likely. So we are preparing for one more night...and looking forward to tomorrow morning.
Emily decided it was only fair that she got to play in the water, too.
There's my smiling baby!
Aiden has been throwing up all day. I am not sure where he is even coming up with the huge volume...he seems to be throwing up way more than is going in. Since midnight last night he has only taken in about 8 oz. and none of that has remained in his little belly. The nurses are baffled and don't know what is going on. Right now we have been told there is no way we will be discharged tonight and while we wait for the surgeons and doctors to make their rounds, Aiden has been put back on IV fluids. Please continue to pray for Aiden Logan...pray for guidance for the doctors and for healing.
It does not look like we will be out of here this morning like we were originally told. Aiden has been having trouble keeping his food down, and is not taking much in to begin with - he has not taken more than 2 oz. since he was told he could eat again. The nurse said this could still be a side effect from his anesthesia. Jon is giving him a bottle now so we will see what he does this time. The surgeons will be back around at 5 and this is when we will know if we will get to go home or not. Until then, we are treating him with antibiotics and soaking his bottom in warm water 3 times a day to help the infection continue to drain. Hmmm, during the typing of this post Aiden decided he was done with his bottle...he drank 1 oz. Please pray that his fluid intake increases and that he is able to keep it down.
Waiting for the ER doctors to come give Aiden his IV.
Aiden with his IV...what a trooper!
He was so hungry that he kept trying to suck on the IV! (He was not allowed to eat since he was having the surgery.)
Aiden after his surgery in the recovery room enjoying some Pedialyte.
Resting in his hospital room in his gown from what....1950???
Emily has really enjoyed all of Aiden's seats lately...his Bumbo, Boppy chair, car seat...and now his swing! Yesterday Memaw and Papaw babysat Emily for us while we took Aiden in for his therapy and when we got home, we heard all about how Emmy climbed into the swing. Well, this is something we have never seen before...until this morning! Sure enough, that little monkey pulled herself right into the swing and happily played for about 15 minutes! I quickly grabbed my camera to snap a few pictures. (Please disregard the missing cover on the swing! Aiden threw up all over it last night and it is in the wash!)
